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Project Six demanding answers about city clerk employee termination
Project Six is demanding an explanation from the City of Chicago regarding the termination of a senior-level employee in the City Clerk’s Office.
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Watchdog alleges alderman spent, acted illegally
An investigation by Project Six alleges that the office of Mayor Rahm Emanuel helped 13th Ward Alderman Marty Quinn illegally use funds from an expense account.
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Cook County warned that another tax after failed soda tax won't go down any easier
Cook County commissioners and lawmakers across the state need to learn from the recently repealed soda tax before considering sales taxes or any other new revenue schemes, Commissioner Sean Morrison told the Chicago City Wire.
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Transparency group calls for repealing or rewriting of Cook County soda tax
Cook County's recently imposed tax on sugary beverages has so many holes it that the county might never clean up the whole mess it's making, Nathaniel Hamilton of Project Six told the Chicago City Wire.
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Biggest checks call the shots for Chicago aldermen, government group argues
Chicago-area hotels had no reservations about contributing big chunks of change to city aldermen who made it almost impossible for Airbnb to find a home in the big city, a government accountability group said.
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Byrd-Bennett gets 54 months in CPS kickback scandal
Former Chicago Public Schools CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett’s talk of redemption fell on deaf ears early Friday when a U.S. District Court judge sentenced her to 54 months behind bars for her part in a scheme that steered $23 million in no-bid CPS contracts to a former employer.
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Group says 19 aldermen use personal email for city business
A government accountability task force revealed in a recent report that several Chicago aldermen have been using their private email account to conduct city businesses.